"Take full advantage of the opportunities for counseling and vocational training," he said. "When you get out, be prepared to be a law-abiding person, because I want you to be a law-abiding person."

"I want the best for you," Bice added.

He said that, because Green is young, there's still time to change his behavior.

"It saddens me that I have to incarcerate you," Bice said. "But from reviewing your criminal history, and your severe criminal conduct in the past, incarceration is the only viable option for this court."

The two other suspects in the robbery, Devontae Mosley-Smith and Desmond Collins, pleaded guilty to their roles in the crime earlier this year.